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Employers Take Note: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Takes Effect This Summer

A new federal law, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), goes into effect on June 27, 2023. The PWFA requires covered employers to provide “reasonable accommodations” to…

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What are IP Assignment Agreements?

For the high-growth startups we represent (and into which our venture capital clients invest), intellectual property (IP) is typically the core asset…

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CON Reform Has Arrived

On March 27, 2023, Governor Roy Cooper signed into law House Bill 76, An Act to Provide North Carolina Citizens with Greater…

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Expand the Communications Exemption for “Demo Days” and General Solicitations of Interest

Effective as of March 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted several amendments “to facilitate capital formation and increase opportunities for…

Capital Markets

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NYSE and Nasdaq Adopt Proposed Listing Standards to Implement Clawback Rules

As we previously reported, last October, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a…

Capital Markets

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What is a Management Rights Letter?

Here’s a situation we see often when a company is negotiating a Series A financing. They’ve gotten through diligence, completed the lengthy…

Emerging Companies

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NLRB Questions Confidentiality and Nondisparagement Provisions in Separation Agreements

Employers terminating employees frequently offer severance payments in exchange for the employees’ entry into a separation agreement.  Generally these separation agreements include…

Labor & Employment

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Privacy in the Heartland: Iowa to Become Sixth State with a Comprehensive Privacy Law

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An Introduction to Convertible Notes

What is a convertible promissory note? A convertible promissory note is a debt instrument that converts into equity of the issuing company…

Emerging Companies

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Consent Horizon: BetterHelp to Pay $7.8 Million to Settle FTC Claims